woody 552 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I used to get the 25a from Huntingdon Street when I was at Digby college, this went the opposite way by going via Carlton. We did night school that finished at 7.15 and the bus came down Westdale Lane at 7.20 so it was one mad dash down the college drive to get to the stop in time. If you missed it the next one was at 7.40, not long to wait , but it meant that I missed the connection back in Huntingdon Street so had to wait until 8.15 for the next one. In the middle of winter waiting in the old bus stations was not the most enjoyable of pastimes. Much better when I got a car and came home over Mapperley top and got home in a third of the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Here's one of my photos, taken at Huntingdon Street probably in 1963. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Found that Goose Fair bus your on about UYV 225S anybody of nervous disposition look away now! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 I've driven that one a few times red, don't blame ME for the damage !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan s 156 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Been told to put this in here. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Some of those West Bridgford buses look like they are from a different age by the late 1960s. You almost expect a man with a red flag to be walking in front of them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 You mean this sort? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 1949 registered that is. Someone I know had a 1949 Rover 75 that was KAL 876. That car survives. Edit. In fact just thought about it and someone else I know has a 1949 Austin 16 which is KAL 877. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Yes - built in 1949. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 On the coach on the way home today from Liverpool sat talking with an NCT colleague who I did not know but we got talking about buses & NCT in general, he an ex Sherwood driver of 20 years service. "Do you remember "Mighty Fine ?" he asked Yes I certainly do I said, he is the dad of NS member Michael Booth ! Small world innit ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Here's one bus I won't be catching ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 #915 Still less, driving? Eh, Catfan? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 In this instance Jill I would rather catch the tram . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 915. wots up wi it? Got nicer colours than them green uns. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 So you didn't go on the march on Saturday. Me neither. Don't think they will put that bus on the Bulwell route. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Does anyone remember these two incidents involving Corporation buses? The following is either correct or nearly so; I'm relying on memory. I cannot remember which of the accidents was the fatal one. A bus was travelling into town down Mansfield Road from Forest Road. Waiting at the junction with Huntingdon Street, to come out into Mansfield Road, was a crane lorry. It was a little too far forward and the overhanging jib was over part of the main road. The bus struck the jib, killing/injuring a passenger on the top deck. About a year or so later exactly the same kind of accident happened at the same junction, killing/injuring a passenger on the bus. This passenger had taken part in the enquiry into the first accident. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Moral of the story then Chulla? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Re #915..... I'd rather wait in the pouring rain that get on that one. Oh how I now detest and loath rainbows. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Yes! I have since been informed on 'wots wrong wi it.' If I lived there you wouldn't catch me riding it either. I shoulda known better. Nowt wrong with with the rainbow, Fly. It's just been hijacked. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 http://westbridgfordwire.com/nottingham-city-transport-unveils-pride-bus/ Words not necessary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 #920 I remember an accident when a crane was coming up to the back of a bus and the crane driver forgot about the overhang of his jib and it went straight through the back upstairs window of the bus., killing and injuring people. Prompting a campaign for crane lorries to have folding jibs rather having them stick out in front of the lorry cab. Can't remember where and when it was tho' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Then there was the one in the 70s. A bus travelling down Cavendish Road Carlton at night hit a Saladin armoured vehicle turning right into Cavendish Drive. The driver reckoned he didn't see the military police man despite him having a flashing red light on the end of his traffic wand. The Saladin had a dent in the front wing the bus damn near lost its front end, fortunately no injuries on either side. Very lucky really two seconds earlier and the bus would have hit head on and the 76mm cannon barrel would have gone through the drivers windscreen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Not so much a bus as a Bandwagon,whole new meaning to the phrase "bums on seats" Rog 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 I assume Nottingham taxpayers were forced to pay for that? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Well the cops came out of Carlton nick when they heard the bang and completely exonerated the army driver, well they would wouldn't they, they were in our mess the next night boozing. The redcap was pretty miffed and looking to press charges as he could have been caught between the two, though I don't know what happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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